Tucek’s granddaughter, Dawn, lives above her and helps out. The two were frustrated after receiving a letter in the mail from a city inspector giving Tucek a month to paint.

“Surely you should keep up your property, I understand that,” Tucek said. “But they can’t force you into it.”

Tucek said she cannot afford hardly anything. She said she doesn’t receive that much from Social Security. Dawn is unemployed.

“For the city to give you a month to paint the trim, fix the back porch, where are we supposed to pull the money? The sky?” Dawn asked.

Dawn thinks her grandmother is being targeted unfairly and doesn’t think ordinances are enforced across the board.

“There’s many properties that do not cut their grass, don’t abide by the 6-inch rule,” Dawn said. “What is the mayor doing about that?”

Mayor John Hohenfeldt said the order is part of a program called Care for Cudahy that has been in place for more than a decade. Inspectors look for exterior problems on about 1,500 to 1,800 properties each year.

“We don’t target any particular home,” Hohenfeldt said. “He has a special set of criteria that he looks at on an inspection sheet.”

Other neighbors said they have also received letters. Hohenfeldt gave Tucek an extension, but she still thinks the order is out of line.

ONLY ON 12. HOMEOWNERS IN CUDAHY, BEING ORDERED TO FIX UP THEIR PROPERTY. ONE FAMILY THINKS IT MAY BE UNFAIRLY TARGETED. BUT, AS WISN 12 NEWS SHELBY CROFT REPORTS FROM CUDAHY -- THE MAYOR SAYS IT'S A CITY WIDE PROGRAM. HELEN TUCEK - GOT MARRIED AT 21, AND I LIVED HERE EVER SINCE FOR 72 YEARS, 93 YEAR OLD HELEN TUCEK HAS LIVED IN THIS CUDAHY HOME... HELEN - NOW I CAN'T DO NOTHING, I CAN'T WALK WITHOUT A WALKER GRANDDAUGHTER, DAWN, LIVES UPSTAIRS AND HELPS OUT... THE TWO ARE FRUSTRATED... GETTING THIS LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM A CITY INSPECTOR, GIVING HELEN A MONTH TO PAINT. HELEN - SURELY YOU SHOULD KEEP UP YOUR PROPERTY, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THEY CAN'T FORCE YOU INTO IT AND DAWN IS UNEMPLOYED. HELEN - RIGHT NOW I CAN'T AFFORD HARDLY ANYTHING, I DON'T GET THAT MUCH FOR SOCIAL SECURITY SO ITS ROUGH DAWN - FOR THE CITY TO GIVE YOU A MONTH TO PAINT THE TRIM, FIX THE BACK PORCH, WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PULL THE MONEY? THE SKY? DAWN THINKS HER GRANDMOTHER IS BEING UNFAIRLY TARGETED AND DOESN'T THINK ORDINANCES ARE ENFORCED ACROSS THE BOARD. DAWN - THERE'S MANY PROPERTIES THAT DO NOT CUT THEIR GRASS, DON'T ABIDE BY THE 6 INCH RULE, WHAT IS THE MAYOR DOING ABOUT THAT SHELBY - THE MAYOR TELLS ME THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE HERE IN CUDAHY FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS LOOKING NICE ITS CALLED CARE FOR CUDAHY, INSPECTORS CHECK OUT ABOUT 15- 1800 PROPERTIES A YEAR, LOOKING FOR EXTERIOR PROBLEMS. MAYOR - WE DON'T TARGET ANY PARTICULAR HOMEOWNER HE HAS A SPECIAL SET OF CRITERIA THAT HE LOOKS AT ON AN INSPECTION SHEET OTHER NEIGHBORS SAY THEY HAVE GOTTEN LETTERS AS WELL... THE MAYOR DID GRANT HELEN AN EXTENSION... BUT SHE STILL THINKS THE ORDER IS OUT OF LINE ... IN CUDAHY, SC, WISN 12 NEWS. THE TUCEKS SAY THEY WILL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PAINT, THEY JUST